SB 5596-S - DIGEST
(SUBSTITUTED FOR - SEE 2ND SUB)

Provides that a health carrier may not develop and employ provider payment methodologies that discriminate against chiropractors by setting differing payment formulas for a chiropractor's services than for a different profession's services when the contractor is reimbursing for the same type of health care services. The carrier may not have a methodology that would pay chiropractors less than any other provider for the same payment code.